Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

"Admiral, if you have something to say, then say it. If not, I shall take my leave." Hai Shan Yan felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, as if he had a thorn in his side and a fishbone stuck in his throat. Zhou Qing Feng's eyes were just too sharp. If he had a few more encounters and a few more words, Hai Shan Yan's disguise would probably be exposed.

Zhou Qingfeng sat back down and gestured to stop him: "Wait, I didn't tell you to leave. What's the rush? Everyone has something to do right now. It's really boring for me to wait here for the results. Let's chat and have some tea. Don't refuse, or I'll complain about you."

Beneath the mask, Hai Shanyan gave a wry smile: "Fine, you're the boss now, you call the shots."

Zhou Qingfeng stood up, walked around the desk, and patted Hai Shanyan's arm with a smile: "Let's go, let's go to the tea room and have some tea. What kind of tea does Brother Hai like? I have all kinds here. If you don't like tea, I'll send someone to bring some ice cream to cool you down."

Hai Shan Yan: "You're too kind, Admiral. There's no need to trouble yourself. I'll drink anything."

Hai Shanyan and Zhou Qingfeng took their seats in the tea room. Zhou Qingfeng began to brew herbal tea, and with a smile, he poured a cup of lychee black tea and placed it in front of Hai Shanyan, waiting to see if Hai Shanyan would take off his mask or not. If he didn't, he would see how Hai Shanyan would drink it.

Hai Shan Yan calmly took out a bamboo straw from his pocket, then gently lifted a corner of his mask, put one end of the straw in his mouth and placed the other end in the teacup, rinsing it with tea in front of Zhou Qingfeng: "Thank you for the tea, Admiral."

Zhou Qingfeng was speechless, then shook his head and chuckled: "Alright, if you've drunk my tea, then you're my friend."

"Let's just chat as friends, it's just a simple chat."

At this point, Zhou Qingfeng took out the Plum Blossom Commander's Token and placed it on the tea table: "You people hiding in the shadows, get lost, and stop eavesdropping."

Upon hearing this, the secret agents of the Plum Blossom Investigation Team silently withdrew, for even when they were carrying out official duties, they could not disobey Commander Plum Blossom's orders.

"Now you can speak," Zhou Qingfeng said with a smile, looking at Hai Shanyan. "I can guarantee that there is now a third person. If anyone is still here eavesdropping on our conversation, that would be blatant disobedience to the commander's orders. According to the rules, you know the consequences better than I do."

Hai Shanyan said, "What exactly does the Admiral want to do by doing this?"

Zhou Qingfeng said, "I want to know how the Secret Service managed to find each and every holder of the scripture so accurately. This is something that cannot be done by ordinary means. Even with my wisdom, experience, and methods, I can't think of how it could be done in fifteen days. I'm really curious, so please satisfy my curiosity and tell me just a little bit. I can guarantee that I will never tell a second person."

Hai Shan Yan remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "Admiral, I'd like to tell you a little story, but it has nothing to do with my Secret Service. If you're interested, I'll tell you; if you don't want to hear it, then forget it."

Zhou Qingfeng perked up: "I'm all ears."

Hai Shan Yan said, "Has the Admiral ever heard of 'what you think about during the day, you dream about at night'?"

Zhou Qingfeng said, "Yes, I've heard of it."

Hai Shan Yan said, "There are very special and rare people in this world, and we call her the Dream Girl."

"The dreams of the Dream Woman are chaotic and disordered, but they all reflect reality."

"Usually, only one or two such individuals appear in an era, and they are all women."

"They are born ordinary and have mediocre talents. They are unable to cultivate throughout their lives. Before the age of 18, they are basically no different from ordinary mortals, except that they sleep a little longer than ordinary people. But when they turn 18, they will suddenly fall into a deep sleep and never wake up again."

"Later, a doctor surnamed Ma became very curious about what kind of illness this was. He wanted to know why this was happening. The girl clearly had no illness, but her brain was abnormally active. All her physical signs were normal, but why couldn't she wake up?"

"So Dr. Ma began to study the girl, trying to figure out what was going on in her head. He managed to delve into her consciousness and discovered something astonishing: the girl was dreaming all the time, and the world in her dreams was chaotic, disordered, and intricate."

"Dr. Ma projected all the fragments of her dreams for study and found that none of the dream fragments connected, they were all jumbled up and seemed to have no research value. But Dr. Ma noticed something unusual: many things and many people that the girl had never seen before appeared in her dreams. This is very bizarre and very unbelievable, right??"

Zhou Qingfeng listened intently: "Indeed, human imagination has its limits. It's impossible to imagine people and things that you've never seen before."

Hai Shan Yan continued, "Then Dr. Ma felt something was very strange and began to study a certain pattern. One by one, his conjectures were proven to be unsuccessful, and one by one, the patterns were proven to be invalid. In the end, he succeeded. He influenced the girl's dreams through experiment after experiment."

"In the end, he discovered a terrifying truth: the girl's dreams could all be verified as reality."

"For example, if you tell the Dream Girl that you want to find out who the holders of the Dragon Bone Scripture are and where they are, then the image projected in the Dream Girl's dream that night will be the holder of the Dragon Bone Scripture, and the person's appearance and location will be revealed without any concealment."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng said, "This is terrifying. I don't need to investigate anything or anyone I want to know. I just need to whisper in the Dream Girl's ear and keep repeating the same sentence. The Dream Girl's dreams at night will then be projected. If it's that powerful, then whoever controls the Dream Girl will be omniscient. There will be no secrets left in the world in front of me."

Hai Shan Yan gently shook his head: "It's not that powerful. Meng Nu is just an ordinary mortal who can never cultivate. She herself cannot control this powerful force, so she fell into an eternal slumber until the day she dies in her sleep."

"As mentioned before, the dreamer's dream is chaotic and disordered, a complete mess. Even if you keep whispering hints in her ear, it only increases the chances of that scene appearing in her dream. This dream scene is mixed in with countless chaotic images and flashes by."

"This requires a lot of people to carefully identify, screen, and review. Moreover, there are errors between dreams and reality. The farther away the objects in the dream are, or the stronger the people in the dream are, the more serious the interference will be in the projected images of the dream, and the error will be very large. In some cases, you may not even dream of this person or thing at all. It can only be said that the dream woman has some use, but she is not as powerful and omniscient as you think."

“This story is good.” Zhou Qingfeng’s curiosity slowly subsided, and he didn’t ask any more questions, because Hai Shanyan had already made it very clear that what seemed to be the story of the Dream Maiden was actually about a Dream Maiden who had fallen into a deep sleep in the Secret Service.

The Plum Blossom Spy used the images projected in the dream to accurately locate the scripture holders who were hiding deep within the Sword Tower. However, due to the limitations of the Dream Maiden, in reality, they would probably only rely on the Dream Maiden to find people and things when there is no other way.

Even with its limitations and limited uses, the existence of the Dream Maiden is still a rare and precious treasure.

Zhou Qingfeng, having satisfied his curiosity and in a good mood, poured Hai Shanyan another cup of tea: "Hai Xiong, now that the story is over, let's talk about serious matters. In your opinion, among these scripture holders, which few individuals require my close attention?"

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